Is it possible to automatically invoke a given applescript when closing -any- file with a given extension in a specified folder (and subfolders)?
If not in AS, is this possible in bash? (The AS I am considering simply calls a bash script.)
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Sign up to join this communityIs it possible to automatically invoke a given applescript when closing -any- file with a given extension in a specified folder (and subfolders)?
If not in AS, is this possible in bash? (The AS I am considering simply calls a bash script.)
If the script could also be run when you open a file (or in other cases), you could use opensnoop.
~/test:
#!/bin/bash
while :; do
opensnoop | grep -Ev ' (mdworker|mds|filecoordinatio|revisiond|Finder|Alfred) ' | grep -m1 '/Users/username/Folder/.*\.txt'
say a
sleep 1
done
/Library/LaunchAgents/test.plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC -//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>test</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Users/username/test</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
chmod +x ~/test
, sudo chown root /Library/LaunchAgents/test.plist
, and launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/test.plist
.